Potamanthus gibbus F.-J. Pictet, 1843

Sartori, Michel & Bauernfeind, Ernst, 2020, Mayfly types and additional material (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) examined by F. - J. Pictet and A. - E. Pictet, housed in the Museums of Natural History of Geneva and Vienna, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 315-339 : 326

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0022
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE1887BE-393B-FFD0-ECC0-FC261342F9E6
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scientific name	Potamanthus gibbus F.-J. Pictet, 1843
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Treatment

Potamanthus gibbus F.-J. Pictet, 1843 -1845: 226-228, pl. 31- 32.

Ephemerella gibba . – Eaton, 1871: 99 (transfer).

Ephemerella ignita ( Poda, 1761) . – Eaton, 1884: 126 (synonymization).

Serratella ignita ( Poda, 1761) View in CoL . – Jacob, 1993: 107 (transfer).

Accepted name: Serratella ignita ( Poda, 1761) View in CoL .

Locus typicus: “… sur les bords d’un petit ruisseau d’eau vive près de Villeneuve, à l’extrémité du lac de Genève ”.

Type material: Syntypes (male and female imagines and subimagines), not traced.

Remarks: In the MHNG no specimens remain from the type locality and/or bear an original identification. Some of them are labelled “ Ephemerella ignita Poda Eaton determ[inavit]”. Serratella ignita is a species widespread and common throughout Europe that exhibits various colour patterns, from green to red.